News from the White House

• It’s The Dress March 9, 2010
  Today First Lady Michelle Obama continued the long tradition of First Ladies donating their inaugural gowns to the Smithsonian. Mrs. Obama presented her 2009 inaugural gown to the National Museum of American History, joined by dress designer, Jason Wu, and thirty two aspiring young designers from the Huntington High School Fashion Program in New York. […]
• So That’s Why They’re Raising Rates So Much … March 9, 2010
  If we enact health reform, it will restrict how much of your premium dollars can be spent on profits and overhead by requiring health insurance companies to spend 80-85% of the money they take in on care. That’s worth keeping in mind. Because right after the Insurance companies announced huge rate increases for families across the country, they gathered at t […]
• The Values Behind International Women’s Day March 9, 2010
  Editors Note: Watch President Obama and the First Lady speak about the achievements of women around the world at a reception marking International Women’s Day. I grew up in a time when graduating from high school was an accomplishment, and expectations of young women were very low...especially for women of color. My high school guidance counselor told me tha […]
• Putting American Workers and Small Businesses in Charge of Their Own Health Care Coverage March 9, 2010
  This morning, we see more word from opponents of health reform that they are amping up their efforts to kill the bill before it even comes to a vote.   The insurance industry lobby, which is holding its annual conference at the Ritz-Carlton today, announced that it is going to spend more than a million dollars on television ads in the coming days to try to p […]
• Six Days Left! March 9, 2010
  There are only six days left for the nation’s public high schools to submit an application for the commencement speaker of a lifetime. That’s right -- this spring President Obama will speak to the graduating class of the high school that best demonstrates how it is providing its students an excellent education that will prepare them to graduate ready for col […]